This multi-year program nurtures a next generation of arts workers providing holistic, nonjudgmental support and nonhierarchical mentorship aimed at encouraging them to remain and thrive in the arts sector. The Arts Admin Fellowship focuses on working with mid-career arts workers traditionally denied equitable access to job growth and professional development.
Meet Pentacle's 2024-2025 Fellows
Daniel Soto
Daniel Soto (he/him) is an arts worker based in Los Angeles. He has over a decade of experience organizing performances and public programs in multidisciplinary non-profit arts institutions, including the Skirball Cultural Center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and The Music Center. Daniel currently serves as Creative Producer for UCLA Social Software a new studio led by Lauren Lee McCarthy and Casey Reas dedicated to examining the social impacts and possibilities of making with software. He holds a BA in Geography from UCLA.
Brandon Cournay
Brandon Cournay (he/him) is a Brooklyn-based multi-hyphenate creative leader and entrepreneur who leads with an artist-forward mindset to build profitable, collaborative, and efficient structures for creative organizations. Brandon received a BFA from The Juilliard School and was a dancer with Mark Morris Dance Group, KEIGWIN + COMPANY, and numerous theater/film/TV projects. While performing, Brandon simultaneously worked within the administrations of many arts organizations. Currently, Brandon serves as General Manager + Co-Producer of Dance Heginbotham, Producer + Consultant of Cornfield Dance, Artistic Planning Manager of Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, and Executive Artistic Director of Dance Device Lab, a company he founded in 2017, which produces innovative, immersive, and educational experiences at dance studios nationwide.
Fellows recieve:
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A monthly stipend.
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Sustained mentoring and personalized professional development.
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Expanded professional networks, contacts and access.
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Reliable on-going nurturing towards working relationships.
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A working atmosphere designed to reduce professional anxiety and promote empowerment.
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A safe professional “home platform” from which to build a viable career in the arts and culture sector.
The Arts Admin Fellowship currently is not accepting applications.
For more information about the Arts Admin Fellowship, please contact: admin@pentacle.org
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